Not always the most exciting thing to do, but food journaling can be a HUGE help for individuals trying to stay healthy, lose weight, gain muscle, train for an athletic event...etc. Tracking your meals is straight up boring I get it.  I get a lot of eye rolls and  "do I have to" from clients when I ask them to track their food but there is definitely some reasons to my madness. 

In the workout world not many things are talked about quiet as much as protein.  When should you take it? How much do you need for optimal muscle recovery? Is there such a thing as too much?  Do we need to get it from animal products? Are all proteins made the same? With so many questions and opinions surround something as seemingly simple as protein no wonder we are talking about it so much. 

This time of year I start getting a lot of "how do I make it through the holidays?" type of questions.  So, here I am about to break off some real big piece of truth. Alright, here I go with quite possibly a very unpopular opinion in the holistic nutrition realm.  EAT THE COOKIES!  

​I have been asked a lot lately by clients and over social media what my preferred/go to cooking resources and books are, to be honest it isn’t something I spend a lot of time thinking about.  I spend a lot of time in the kitchen playing around with recipes, trying to “healthy” things up for clients/myself/my family but it has been some time that I have relied on a set of cooking resources.   That said 100% go through waves of seriously not wanting to be responsible for figuring out how to make a meal or I am in a rut in serious need of inspiration and when that happens, I have some go-to’s